I invite those who have not already done so to look at things the BoomBustBlog way, thus stay ahead of the curve. Italy's funding issues are a foregoen conclusion! Taking a look at a financial cynics (second) favorite blog on the topic...

Save this one for the archive files: The Italian 10 Year yield is now at precisely 6.66%. Alas, we doubt it will stay here for long: the Italian Treasury just announced it was cancelling its November 10 3 Month BOT auction due to, wait for it, "lack of specific cash requirements." Stick a fork in it.

With Italian 10 year bonds crossing the 6% yield threshold, it is worth seeing how other bonds behaved. It is too early to tell what path Italy will follow, but at least for the other countries, they traded similarly prior to the breach, and followed similar paths after the breach. Italy is too big, that I don’t think it can turn like Ireland did. If Italy moves much further, I think it will follow Portugal and Greece. They don’t have months to fix this, they have weeks, and they have been squandering them.

UPDATE: BTP +483 over Bunds now as Px drops below EUR 87.5 as all ECB buys are now underwater

As 10Y BTP spreads to Bunds hover around 25bps wider on the day, the ECB's bluff has not only been called but they have been the sucker at the table no less than five times already today. With the spread between 2Y and 10Y BTPs also having dropped (yield curve flattened) over 30bps, the Italian bond complex is sending some rather disturbing messages. And for all those who feel the need to blame speculators - CDS is actually outperforming bonds as real money leaves Berlusconi's Bonds in a hurry.

These headlines are from JUST THIS MORNING. I warned that Italy's funding situation was just that much biscotti in 2010. Subscribers reference Italy public finances projection. Over the summer I made it clear that Italy was simply a contagion transmission mechanism, to much, much bigger fish. As we reminisce...

In case the hint was strong enough, I explicitly state that although the sell side and the media are looking at Greece sparking Italy, it is France and french banks in particular that risk bringing the Franco-Italia make-believe capitalism session, aka the French leveraged Italian sector of the Euro ponzi scheme down, on its head.

I then provide a deep dive of the French bank we feel is most at risk. Let it be known that every banked remotely referenced by this research has been halved (at a mininal) in share price! Most are down ~10% of more today, alone!

For those who claim I may be Euro bashing, rest assured - I am not. Just a week or two later, I released research on a big US bank that will quite possibly catch Franco-Italiano Ponzi Collapse fever, with the pro document contianing all types of juicy details...